I read with alarm about the Papamoa Ratepayer Consultation with Commissioners regarding the planting of Wairākei Reserve. This was not consultation. That took place previously when TCC consulted some iwi representative and the BOP Regional Council. They then advised the Environment Court, who declared the criteria for the reserve. The meeting with Papamoa residents was another sham to simply advise what will happen.

Anne Tolley's arguments were fallacious and a waste of residents' time. There is no longer public consultation in this country. This is anarchy.

Maurice O'Reilly, Tauranga City.

Editor's note: TCC declined to provide a reply to this letter.